It was a clean sweep for female creators in the 2015 Ignatz Awards. Sophia Foster-Dimino won three of the bricks for her comic Sex Fantasy while Sophie Goldstein won two for her SF graphic novel The Oven. The complete list of winners is below, marked with a ***

Rounding out the winners were such acclaimed creators Eleanor Davis, Jillian Tamaki, Emily Carroll and LIlli Carré. It was a pretty definitive win for the women of indie comics–in fact it would be hard to name a recently arrived male cartoonist who has had the contemporary impact of these creators.

The Ignatz ceremony, held during the Small Press Expo, was MC’ed by C. Spike Trotman. SP Executive Director Warren Bernard announced that the 2016 show would be held on September 17-18 and teh first two guests are Jeffrey Brown and Daniel Clowes.

Davis delivered a particularly moving speech which brought the room to a hush and then to thunderous applause. All of the winners expressed gratefulness for the spirit of community that SPX is known for.

Heidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can be heard regularly on the More To Come Podcast. She likes coffee, cats and noble struggle.